Mr. Umino

Japanese: 海野氏 - うんのうじ

A clan whose family name is Unno-sho in Shinano Province (present-day Higashi-machi, Ogata-gun, Nagano Prefecture). It is also written as Uno-shi. Origin unknown. According to the "Shinshu Shigeno Family Genealogy," they are said to be descendants of a person named Shigeno Ason Zenbuchi, the great-grandson of Emperor Seiwa, but there are other theories and this is doubtful. The family name Unno is recorded in the same genealogy from Hiromichi's generation, and it is said that it was known on par with the neighboring Mochizuki and Nezu from the late Heian period. It is appropriate to see it as a lineage of local lords based in Unno-sho, which was the territory of the regent family at the time. Hiromichi's grandson Yukihiro appears to have served as a samurai commander for Kiso Yoshinaka during the Battle of Mizushima in the "Tale of the Heike" and was killed in battle. His son Yuki followed Yoshinaka's son Shimizukanja Yoshitaka in Kamakura, but later became a Kamakura vassal and was highly valued as a skilled archer and horseman.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

信濃国海野荘(現，長野県小県郡東部町)を名字とする氏族。宇野氏とも書く。出自不詳。《信州滋野氏三家系図》によれば，清和天皇の曾孫従三位滋野朝臣善淵なる人物の子孫というが異説もあり疑わしい。同系図には広道の代から海野の名字の記載がみられ，平安後期から近隣の望月･禰津と並び称されていたとされる。当時摂関家の所領であった海野荘を基盤とする在地領主の系譜とみるのが妥当である。広道の孫幸広は《平家物語》に水島合戦のとき木曾義仲の侍大将を務めて討死したとみえ，その子幸氏は義仲の子志水冠者義高に従い鎌倉にいたが，のちに鎌倉御家人となり，弓馬に巧みな者として重用された。

出典　株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について　情報

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